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USDJPY at 157.122, 2.1 pips under the Asia high of 157.143

Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts, up 109563 on the week, the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports

USDJPY · London session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 7:00 AM

The last price is 157.122, 2.1 pips below the Asia high at 157.143 and 12.2 pips above the round number 157.000. Below that, the Asia low at 156.578 is 54.4 pips away, and above, the prior day and prior week high at 158.059 is 93.7 pips away.

Asia ran 56.6 pips over 595 minutes, opening at 156.834, printing a high of 157.143 and a low of 156.578, and closing at 157.068. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 164.1 pips, and the latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days, a busy day for this market.

0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 fall in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC. Our calendar covers this whole window, so an empty list means nothing is scheduled in the next 24 hours, and it reaches to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

The COT report of 2026-09-15 shows large speculators net long 120359 contracts, a change of 109563 on the week. That net position is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

Session brief

  1. USDJPY price from our feedLast one-minute close 157.122 at 2026-09-21 07:00 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. USDJPY reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. USDJPY, Asia sessionOpen 156.834, high 157.143, low 156.578, close 157.068: a range of 56.6 pips over 595 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. USDJPY daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 164.1 pips. The latest day sits at the 86th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is a busy day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  5. Economic calendar for USD and JPY0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  6. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 097741Large speculators are net long 120359 contracts, a change of 109563 on the week. That is the 0th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

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